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Mthuli Ncube hikes fuel levy
The Government of Zimbabwe has increased the Strategic Fuel Reserve Levy on petrol and diesel as part of a broader effort to safeguard national fuel supplies and price stability amid rising global mar...Published: 14 May 2025 at 08:33hrs | 1230 | by Staff reporter
SA court hears how diesel consignment from British oil company to Zimbabwe 'disappeared'
British oil company BP claimed to have exported a consignment of diesel to Zimbabwe in 2019 - but the fuel never arrived.A case brought by the South African Revenue Service (Sars) in a South A...Published: 17 Jan 2024 at 05:09hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter
Mayor Mafume lashes Zinara
The City of Harare (CoH) is experiencing growing dissatisfaction with what they perceive as an unjust funding system implemented by the Zimbabwe National Road Administration (ZINARA).The local...Published: 16 Jan 2024 at 04:45hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
A sad Christmas present from clueless Mthuli Ncube
The just presented 2024 budget by Prof Mthuli Ncube has left Zimbabweans in shock. This is the worst budget ever produced by minister of Finance since independence and the colonial era.It has ...Published: 02 Dec 2023 at 10:39hrs | 16 | by Leonard Koni
Zimbabwe MPs urged to reject Mthuli Ncube's budget
ECONOMISTS have urged Finance minister Mthuli Ncube to redo the 2024 budget as the one he presented this week only serves to condemn the rest of the population to abject poverty.Ncube presente...Published: 02 Dec 2023 at 05:43hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Harare council, Zinara trade barbs
HARARE mayor Jacob Mafume has threatened to take the Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) to court saying its model for road construction is not working, adding that since 2009, Zinara has n...Published: 25 Jan 2023 at 10:34hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
South Africans face another fuel price increase as well as interest rate hike
There seems to be no reprieve for South African wallets as another hefty fuel increase is predicted for next week, as well as economists anticipating further interest hikes.The Organisation Un...Published: 27 Jun 2022 at 19:33hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
South Africa diesel mixed with paraffin, says Mantashe
Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe warned of a growing trend of diesel-paraffin mixtures being sold as diesel at petrol stations.In a parliamentary debate on Wednesday, he sa...Published: 16 Jun 2022 at 14:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Petrol expected to increase by R2 in South Africa
Mid-month data from the Central Energy Fund points to further fuel price pain for diesel and petrol vehicle owners in July.The data, which serves as a snapshot of market conditions as of 14 Ju...Published: 15 Jun 2022 at 09:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
South Africa national shutdown on 10 June goes ahead
Reports have surfaced that a national shutdown is set for Friday 10 June following the hike in fuel prices set to increase taxi fares.A Whatsapp message forwarded many times claimed that the r...Published: 09 Jun 2022 at 08:16hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa hikes petrol, diesel prices
The price of 95-octane unleaded petrol will rise by R2,33 a litre from today, while 93-octane unleaded petrol will go up by R2,43 a litre, the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy announced yest...Published: 01 Jun 2022 at 06:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Blending helping reduce fuel prices, claims Zera
ZIMBABWE's fuel could have been much more expensive had it not been for the reintroduction of blending, Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) has said, notwithstanding that its price is now the ...Published: 02 May 2022 at 08:03hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe mulls fuel levy cuts
Zimbabwe has hinted it may further reduce fuel levies to stymie a sustained spike in the domestic price of petroleum products after global prices soared on market uncertainty due to the conflict betwe...Published: 21 Mar 2022 at 06:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube says Zimbabwean economy remains solid
Finance and Economic Development Minister, Professor Mthuli Ncube, has said the economy remains solid and on track to achieve projected growth rate despite threats of a subdued rainfall season as well...Published: 20 Mar 2022 at 06:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube sends mixed signals on fuel
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube this week sent mixed signals over the country's neo-liberal policy on fuel subsidy as policy inconsistency remains one of the major sources of concern for investors....Published: 19 Mar 2022 at 07:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Road infrastructure decay needs policy change
The pace of Zimbabwe's road infrastructure decay has reached alarming levels which call for a policy change by the government. The country's major highways and urban roads have become a living hazard ...Published: 16 Feb 2021 at 14:34hrs | 3 | by Victor Bhoroma
Zinara workers in court for theft
TWO Zimbabwe National Road Administration (zinara) employees, who allegedly swindled their employer of over US$20 000 in fuel levies, yesterday appeared in court charged with theft.Rosina Haku...Published: 09 Dec 2020 at 06:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zinara boss in court for transferring Grace Mugabe linked employees
ZINARA chief executive officer Nkosinathi Ncube was yesterday arraigned before Harare magistrate Trynos Wutawashe on allegations of victimising and transferring four subordinates that are linked to Gr...Published: 08 Dec 2020 at 06:38hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zinara executives victimised for transferring Mugabe linked employees
Zimbabwe National Road Administration (ZINARA) executives, Adam Zvandasara and Gilfern Moyo, yesterday told the court that they were being victimised for implementing board resolutions and policies th...Published: 26 Nov 2020 at 07:11hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe minister linked Zinara workers in $2 million fuel levy scandal
The Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) allegedly lost US$21 000 ($2 million) to a syndicate of employees working in its cash office through misrepresentation of money paid for fuel levies....Published: 24 Nov 2020 at 04:54hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe minister linked Zinara workers in $2 million fuel levy scandal
The Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) allegedly lost US$21 000 ($2 million) to a syndicate of employees working in its cash office through misrepresentation of money paid for fuel le...Published: 23 Nov 2020 at 04:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Vehicle licensing to be decentralised'
Government is mulling reinstating the collection of vehicle licence fees to local authorities to help them bankroll road maintenance, the National Assembly has been told.The fees are currently...Published: 16 Oct 2018 at 14:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Motorists fume over new tollgate
MOTORISTS have expressed dismay over the establishment of the Colleen Bawn tollgate along Bulawayo-Beitbridge Road, saying they were already paying too much at existing tollgates. Government y...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 06:25hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Concerns over road fuel transportation
PRESSURE is mounting on government to ban the transportation of imported fuel by road to allow maximum and consistent usage of the Feruka Oil Pipeline which links Mutare and Harare.The Feruka ...Published: 26 Oct 2017 at 13:52hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Audit unearths rot at Zinara
AN internal forensic audit on the operations of the Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) has exposed massive financial abuse, including the payment of $71 million and R31 million to contract...Published: 06 Oct 2017 at 06:35hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Command Agriculture 'thief' faces Parly grilling
OPPOSITION MDC-T parliamentarians are ready to cause Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa to be hauled before the august House if he fails to provide the contentious "term sheet" related to Sakunda Hold...Published: 05 Jul 2017 at 06:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere's tollgates idea shot down
Harare mayor Bernard Manyenyeni has shot down suggestions by Local Government, Public Works and National Housing Minister Saviour Kasukuwere to introduce urban tollgates, saying toll money would be po...Published: 27 Jun 2017 at 16:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Broke Zimbabwe govt to introduce new fuel levy
THE Government plans to introduce a fuel levy to finance a new Road Accident Fund that will ensure compulsory compensation of road traffic accident victims, an official has said.The fund will ...Published: 26 May 2017 at 07:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Taxpayers in trouble: New levy coming
The Zanu-PF led Government is set to further burden taxpayers by introducing a fuel levy to finance a new Road Accident Fund that will ensure compulsory compensation of road traffic accident victims...Published: 26 May 2017 at 06:34hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe spends $45 million on road rehabilitation
Zimbabwe has spent $45 million on road rehabilitation, disbursed through State road fund administrator Zinara, with government looking into its coffers for more, Vice President (VP) Emmerson Mnangagwa...Published: 27 Apr 2017 at 08:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Notice of demand for the restoration of Matebeleland State
Under the direction and authority of Matebeleland Liberation Organisation Supreme Council, The President of M.L.O. Paul Siwela served the British government under the leadership of David Cameron and Z...Published: 14 Mar 2017 at 10:50hrs | 13 | by Paul Siwela
Notice of Demand for The Restoration of Matebeleland State
Under the direction and authority of Matebeleland Liberation Organisation Supreme Council, The President of M.L.O. Paul Siwela served the British government under the leadership of David Cameron and Z...Published: 13 Feb 2017 at 15:17hrs | 6 | by Paul Siwela
Money making scheme: Annual fitness checks for all private cars
PARLIAMENT has recommended to the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructural Development that all cars must be inspected yearly at a cost of $50 per unit, as part of the commercialisation of the Ve...Published: 05 Feb 2017 at 07:20hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe roads made in hell
DRIVING in Zimbabwe roads now requires one to acquire new skills of negotiating potholes. Drivers also need the nerves of steel to endure the gruelling driving experience which, if not well execut...Published: 02 Feb 2017 at 06:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Councils slam Zimra garnishees on Zinara funds
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has come under fire from local authorities for garnishing the bulk of the $22 million that the Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) disbursed to counc...Published: 23 Aug 2016 at 07:11hrs | | by Innocent Ruwende
Mphoko impressed with ZITF displays
VICE President Phelekezela Mphoko yesterday toured several stands at the 57th Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) which is underway in Bulawayo and was impressed with the quality of exhibitions....Published: 28 Apr 2016 at 06:56hrs | | by Pamela Shumba
Fuel imports for own consumption to be banned in Zimbabwe
GOVERNMENT is in the process of crafting a legal instrument that will ban petroleum companies from holding both wholesaling and retailing licences as a deliberate move to loosen the stranglehold that ...Published: 03 Apr 2016 at 08:03hrs | 1 | by Africa Moyo
Zinara boss lands top African post
Zimbabwe National Roads Administration acting chief executive officer Engineer Moses Juma has landed a top continental post as the African Road Maintenance Fund Association (ARMFA) executive auditor....Published: 20 Jan 2016 at 05:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
The Death of Infrastructure in Zimbabwe
We know from studying Greco-Roman history that civilisations do die, especially if momentum of human enlightenment is not maintained. Civilisations are also killed by wars, diseases and abuse of polit...Published: 15 Sep 2015 at 10:09hrs | 1 | by Welshman Ncube
Zinara mulls border upgrades
The Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (ZINARA) has dangled the idea of a corridor master development plan (CMDP) towards the dualisation of the Beitbridge-Chirundu road, which emphasises the upg...Published: 22 Jun 2015 at 10:37hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Government attacked over fuel levy proposal
Zimbabwean government has been attacked for proposing to introduce the fuel levy a development which has been described as a desperate means of trying to raise the money for the fiscus by the ruling Z...Published: 20 May 2015 at 08:38hrs | 2 | by Stephen Jakes
Zim govt mulls fuel levy for road rehabilitation
Government is considering introducing a levy on fuel that will go towards rehabilitation of the country's roads.The proposed levy will result in an additional one cent added on the price o...Published: 18 May 2015 at 17:33hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Residents resist city tollgates
BULAWAYO Progressive Residents' Association (Bpra) has vowed to mobilise residents in resisting the erection of tollgates within the city, a development that city fathers seem to have endorsed....Published: 21 Jan 2015 at 07:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo City Council to introduce tollgates
BULAWAYO City Council is eager to have tollgates erected within the city as this will help raise funds to maintain the dilapidated road network, a Cabinet minister said yesterday.Speaking at ...Published: 16 Jan 2015 at 06:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zinara fails to remit funds to Bulawayo City Council
The City Council here has criticised Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) for failing to remit funds to rehabilitate roads as a crater field of potholes is being neglected.The road ...Published: 11 Jan 2015 at 11:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt to establish 30 more tollgates
Government plans to establish 30 more tollgates, bringing the number to to raise more money to develop infrastructure, Herald reported.About $3 million is raised monthly from tollgates and...Published: 18 Sep 2014 at 01:55hrs | | by Staff Reporter
It will take over 100 years for Zinara to repair the country's roads - Mpofu
It will take 100 years to repair the country's roads if government relies on funding from the Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) as it is collecting a mere $40 million annua...Published: 04 Jul 2014 at 07:06hrs | 3 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe road projects plunge into funding problems
THE joint venture between the Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) and a South African company Group Five Limited to rehabilitate the Plumtree-Bulawayo-Harare-Mutare highway has plunged int...Published: 29 Nov 2013 at 05:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Zim not ready for urban tollgates'
Munesuishe Munodawafa, permanent secretary for Transport and Infrastructural Development, said yesterday government was not yet ready to introduce urban tollgates as more consultations were needed on...Published: 19 Nov 2013 at 07:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Beira-Feruka oil pipeline usage increases
THE usage of the Beira-Feruka oil pipeline continues to increase over the years owing to the Road Levy which the Government imposed on fuel dealers, who bring the product by road.Statistics re...Published: 21 Mar 2013 at 22:44hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
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